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March 2016

Long-Lost Links – Searching for Permanency Options for Children

By |2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00March 29th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Guest blogger: Kayla Hinrichs In the December 2015 article “Detectives unearth long-lost links for kids needing adoption,” reporter Erin Adler from the Star Tribune highlights a semi-recent phenomenon that expands resources for social workers searching for permanency and supportive caregivers for children within the child welfare system. This article discusses how social media and other [...]

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December 2014

Screening & Transparency Workgroup Preliminary Recommendations (Updated)

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00December 30th, 2014|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , |

Updated Jan. 5, 2015, to reflect the Initial Recommendations report, released December 31, 2014. Changes and additions are highlighted yellow , and deletions are marked as strikethroughs. The Screening & Transparency Workgroup preliminary recommendations are listed below, grouped under general themes (which are found in the light gray boxes). Each of these recommendations [...]

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April 2014

New WI law bans individuals from advertising their children for adoption online

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00April 21st, 2014|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , |

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker answers questions from reporters on April 16, 2014, in Madison, Wis. Source: Scott Bauer/AP Wisconsin's Response to Re-Homing In the wake of the 2013 Reuters investigative report on "re-homing"—which brought to light the virtually hidden practice of unregulated and unsafe use of online forums to ask strangers to take one's adopted [...]

March 2013

Are embryo adoptions the same as other adoptions?

By |2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 27th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

This guest blog post was written by Min Hae Cho. I am interning at the Children's Home Society and Family Services. Several weeks ago I had an opportunity to join a domestic adoption case consultant meeting. During the meeting, an embryo adoption issue was brought up. A client applied for domestic infant adoption and at [...]

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January 2013

Using social media to connect foster youth with relatives

By |2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 25th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

An interesting story came out earlier in the week about using social media sites such as Facebook to connect foster youth with relatives. We typically hear stories about the problems associated with social media use among foster youth. In this story however, it is not a foster youth - or a biological parent - that [...]

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December 2012

New report highlights the positive and negative impact of the internet and social media on adoption

By |2016-12-01T19:33:11-06:00December 17th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , |

Last Thursday, the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute released its newest report focused on the impact of the internet on adoption. The report describes the impact of the internet and social media as having "transformative effects - positive and negative - on how adoption is perceived, practiced and in terms of the policies and laws [...]

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March 2011

Social Media, Smart Phones, and Safety: How Technology is Changing Child Welfare Practice

By |2016-12-01T19:33:25-06:00March 29th, 2011|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , |

Take a step back from the nitty-gritty of legislative season, and join CASCW in thinking about the impact of technology on the Child Welfare field. The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) at the University of Minnesota will present our 12th Annual FREE Child Welfare conference, "Social Media, Smart Phones, and Safety: How [...]

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